Posted on September 22, 2018
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Photo credit: @westhamwomen West Ham WFC made history earlier this week by playing their first ever top flight game of football, securing a well-earned draw against Reading in the FA Women’s Super League (WSL). Not that you would have known it from looking at… Continue Reading “#15) West Ham WFC”
Category: football, The 52Tags: Arsenal WFC, Chelsea WFC, Claire Rafferty, England, FA Southern Premier League, FA Women's Premier League South, FA Women's Super League, Gilly Flaherty, Jane Ross, Manchester City WFC, New Zealand, Newsnight, Reading WFC, Ria Percival, Scotland, Stacey Little, Stephen Hunt, UEFA Champions League, West Ham FC, West Ham WFC, Women's FA Cup
Posted on December 30, 2016
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It’s that time of year again for me to churn out my incredibly well informed, not-at-all-biased (please note the sarcasm here, my ego isn’t yet that big) top ten list of sporting moments that occurred during 2016. It was really hard to choose just… Continue Reading “My Top 10 Sporting Moments – 2016”
Category: UncategorizedTags: 2015-16 Premier League, 2016, 2016 6 Nations, 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Brazilian GP, 2016 DH World Championship, 2016 DH World Cup, 2016 French Open, Andy Murray, Athletics, Australia, Ayrton Senna, Aziz Awang, Brazil, Bryony Page, Canada, Cricket, Cycling, Dame Sarah Storey, Downhill mountain biking, Eddie Jones, End of year review, England, F1, F1 2016, Germany, Hockey, Hollie Webb, Jason Kenny, Joachim Eilers, Kadeena Cox, Kat Driscoll, Keirin, Lauren Winfield, Leicester City, Malaysia, Max Verstappen, Milos Raonic, Netherlands, Novak Djokovic, Olympics, Pakistan, Paralympics, Rachel Atherton, Red Bull Racing, Rio 2016, Rosie MacLennan, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Serbia, Sir Chris Hoy, Sophie Bray, Tammy Beaumont, Team GB, Tennis, Trampolining, UEFA Champions League, Wimbledon 2016
Posted on November 15, 2014
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Wayne Rooney – England’s captain, the fourth highest goalscorer for his country and about to become only the ninth Englishman to reach a century of caps. Statistically, it can be said that Rooney is one of the finest footballers this nation has produced; he… Continue Reading “What makes the good ‘great’?”
Category: football, OpinionTags: 1966 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, Afghanistan, Andrew Flintoff, Ashes, Australia, Ballon d'Or, Barcelona, Bobby Moore, Charlotte Edwards, Cricket, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, England, FA Cup, FIFA World Cup, football, Geoff Hurst, George Cohen, Gordon Banks, Great Britain, Greece, La Liga, Lionel Messi, Manchester United, Michael Phelps, Michael Schumacher, New Zealand, Olympics, Ray Wilson, Real Madrid, Richie McCaw, Rowing, Rugby Union, Sachin Tendulkar, Senegal, Serena Williams, Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Ian Botham, Sir Steve Redgrave, UEFA Champions League, Wayne Rooney, Webb Ellis Cup
Posted on October 17, 2014
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Professional football is a very fickle business if you’re a manager. One minute fans, players and chairmen alike see you as a God-like figure; the next, you’re a villain who should be banished from the world as quickly as possible. Nowadays, it seems as… Continue Reading “Have a Little Patience”
Category: footballTags: 2012 UEFA European Championship Qualifiers, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, 2016 UEFA European Championship Qualifiers, Azerbaijan, Chelsea, Chile, David Healy, England, Faroe Islands, Finland, football, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Irish FA, Israel, Kyle Lafferty, Luxembourg, Michael O'Neill, Newcastle United, Niall McGinn, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Roberto Di Matteo, Romania, Russ Wilcox, Russia, Scunthorpe United, Shamrock Rovers, UEFA Champions League, Uruguay, Wigan Athletic
Posted on June 27, 2014
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With so much sport going on at the moment, I have been struggling to decide over the last few days as to what I should write in this post. Of course, the football World Cup has been dominant in the British media but there… Continue Reading “Vampire of Brazil”
Category: footballTags: 2014 Austrian GP, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Ajax, Barcelona FC, Branislav Ivanovic, Brendan Rogers, Chelsea FC, CLive Tyldsley, Costa Rica, Cricket, Diego Lugano, England, Giorgio Chiellini, Italy, ITV, Liverpool FC, Luis Suarez, Sri Lanka, UEFA Champions League, Uruguay
Posted on May 22, 2014
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Cake is a fantastic thing. It has many uses – birthdays, weddings, mood-raiser – and there are numerous different variations. There is a cake for everyone out there, unless by some serious set of unfortunate circumstances there is someone allergic to every single potential… Continue Reading “A Sweet Tooth for Success”
Category: football, OpinionTags: 2014 FIFA World Cup, Barcelona FC, Barclays Premier League 2013/14, Brazil, Cake, Capital One Cup 2014, Carlos Tevez, Dmitri Seluk, England, Ivory Coast, Joleon Lescott, Manchester City FC, Mario Balotelli, Roberto Carlos, Twitter, UEFA Champions League, Yaya Toure
Posted on May 15, 2013
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It’s fair to say that the last week or so has been pretty hectic in the sporting world… Well ok, the football world then! Fergie’s retirement, Wigan winning their first ever FA Cup before being relegated, Mancini’s sacking and, tonight, Chelsea’s opportunity to be… Continue Reading “A Tribute”
Category: OpinionTags: 2003 ISAF World Championships, 2010 ISAF World Championships, America's Cup, Andrew 'Bart' Simpson, Athens 2000, Beijing 2008, Ben Ainslie, Chelsea, FA Cup, Finn class, Frederik Loof, Great Britain, Iain Percy, ISAF 2007 World Championships, Jim Saltonstall, Max Salminen, Olympics, Roberto Mancini, Sailing, Sir Alex Ferguson, Star class, Sweden, Team GB, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Wigan Athletic
Posted on May 6, 2013
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As the domestic football and rugby seasons come to a close, there are a number of reasons why you shouldn’t put your televisions into hibernation just yet. There is still plenty of action to come between May and August, including the greatest two-team rivalry… Continue Reading “Calling all football and rugby fans… Don’t hide away just yet!”
Category: PreviewTags: ' Formula 1, Alastair Cook, Alex Dowsett, Andy Murray, Australia, Australia Open, Barclays Premier League, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bradley Wiggins, Brian O'Driscoll, British and Irish Lions, Bundesliga, Chelsea, Chris Froome, Cricket, England, Epson Derby, FA Cup, football, French Open, Germany, Giro d'Italia, Golf, Heather Watson, Horse Racing, ICC Champions Trophy, IPC World Athletics Championships, Justin Henin, Laura Robson, League Cup, Leigh Halfpenny, London 2012 Olympics, Lukas Rosol, Manchester City, Mark Cavendish, Michael Clarke, Owen Farrell, Pakistan, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Roland Garros, Royal Ascot, rugby, Serena Williams, South Africa, Stuart Hogg, Tennis, The Ashes, Tour de France, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, US Open, Victoria Azarenka, Wigan Athletic, Wimbledon, Women's 2013 European Championships, World Athletics Championships
Posted on January 27, 2013
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Last weekend’s 5-0 drubbing of a hapless Norwich signalled to the footballing world that Liverpool are returning to the glory days of the ‘70s, ‘80s and 2005. It may have been a long time since The Reds have lived up to their trophy-studded past… Continue Reading “The Northern Irish Messiah”
Category: footballTags: Andy Carroll, Barclays Premier League, Charlie Adam, Jack Robinson, John Flanagan, Jordan Henderson, Kenny Dalgleish, Liverpool FC, Luis Suarez, Rafa Benitez, Raheem Sterling, Roy Hodgson, Steven Gerrard, Stewart Downing, Suso, Swansea FC, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League
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